what would you suggest?

Well it depends for everyone, I know people who just started trading and trade a few times a week to learn. If you are expecting to buy a couple of stocks and hold them for a period of over a couple of months sharebuilder.com is worth it. However, if you are not planning on buying penny stocks, I would advise using Scottrade as you get free streaming quotes and $7 trades (if the stock is over $1.) Really depends on what you want to do.

Hello! There are all kinds of different accounts out there. As Ozzy mentioned, it depends on how active you are planning on trading. Sharebuilder is more for long term investing. If you are planning on trading in and out, the cost for this transaction gets higher than someplace like Ameritrade. Great to meet you!